Dictionary 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Model.2. (n.) The act or art of making a model from which a work of art is to be executed; the formation of a work of art from some plastic material. Also, in painting, drawing, etc., the expression or indication of solid form. Thesaurus CYSP sculpture anaglyptics anaglyptography architectural sculpture bone-carving casting ceroplastics chasing clay sculpture conformation creation decorative sculpture earth art efformation embossing engraving fashioning figuration formation formature forming founding garden sculpture gem-cutting glass sculpture glyptic ivory-carving lost-wax process metal sculpture molding monumental sculpture morphogenesis morphogeny paper sculpture plaster casting plastic art portrait sculpture relief relief-carving relievo sculptor sculpture sculpturing shaping shell-carving statuary stone sculpture stonecutting whittling wire sculpture wood carving xyloglyphy |